A Day Dreamer’s Thoughts, K-Books and Bookish Treasures are co-hosting a NetGalley November Challenge. I am so behind on my NetGalley and Edelweiss (I am counting my Edelweiss books too for this challenge) books right now. I need to catch up, so this challenge is perfect for me. I am not usually a challenge kind of blogger, but keeping up with NetGalley and Edelweiss books is so important since publishers can see your request/review ratio and they suggest a 80% feedback ratio overall. I hope I can reach my goals and I hope to see a few of you at the finish line.
Once November begins, I will be posting a goals post and then I will post weekly updates about what books I’ve read, how I’m doing, etc, and will always include a linky for you to add up your own goals and updates – but this is not mandatory! By doing this together, we have the chance to cheer each other on and remind ourselves why bloggers are so freaking awesome!
I am also hoping to host one or two twitter chats during the event but dates are TBC at the moment! This will be sorted out closer to the date!
Definitely not! But, if you wanted to help spread the word by writing an “I’m in” post on your blog, I certainly won’t stop you! And there’s always Facebook and Twitter as well!
And to make things easier for you, here’s the grab code for the button! (if you want it a different size, don’t hesitate to ask!)
Easy: 1-4
Medium: 5-10
Hard: 11-15
Difficult: 16-20
Netgalley Superstar: 21+
I am going for NetGalley Superstar, so at least 21 books. However, I don’t have 21 days open for November to post reviews, so I will be posting some reviews only on Goodreads and Amazon. Most likely those will consist of the novellas. On December 1st I will post an update with links to all my reviews and I will discuss my experiences and if I reached my goals.
I am super excited for this. I hope this challenge gets me back on track with reading the books I request from NetGalley and Edelwiess. I have an addiction to these sites and I often recommended too many books. I am like a kid in a candy store. But I have been trying to limit myself and I will continue to do so. Wish me luck!
Melanie
What a fun idea! I’ve already read most of my books on NetGalley so I wouldn’t have really been able to participate in this.
Thanks for sharing, Jennifer! <33
Jennifer Bielman
ERRR, you and your perfectness. lol. I envy you.
Ashley
Awesome! I hope you can accomplish your goal. It’s a high one, but I’m sure you can do it. 😉
I only have 3 unread NetGalley books so I’m doing pretty well. 😛 And one of those I’m currently reading!
Jennifer Bielman
OMG, I hate you and your awesomeness!!! I am not even going to tell you guys how many unread books I have. But I can catch up and that’s all that matters.
Gabby
I am also taking part in NetGalley November! I am excited to finally get around to reading all those book on my NG shelf!. I hope you reach your goal 🙂 Happy Halloween
Jennifer Bielman
Thanks so much. I hope you reach your goal too!
Tarah Theoret, NetGalley
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Jennifer Bielman
Thanks so much for the helpful links.
April
Yes! I so desperately need to do this too. I’m going to have to go for the easy level, though. NaNoWriMo too, and all that. 🙂
Jennifer Bielman
I was going to do NaNo this year, but school has been kicking my butt, so I can’t but I still plan on writing.
Braine TS
I’ll think about this, this is a perfect challenge for me coz that’s all I read anyways. Let me just think about the weekly update, I might be too lazy to do it 😀
Jennifer Bielman
I probably wont do the weekly update. I am doing this for myself so I want to run it they way that fits me.
lindalou
My ratio on NetGalley has dropped to 50% so I need to read my NetGalley books too! I can’t commit to only read NetGalley books, though, in November as I’ve promised to read some others…. BUT I do promise to hit my NetGalley backlog hard! Thanks for the push!
Jennifer Bielman
Me too, I have a couple blog tours and review requests to do but I plan to try as best I can anyways. 🙂
kimbacaffeinate
This sounds like fun, I am doing the eReader challenge and galleys are allowed. I have my ratio at 89.9 % and want to keep it there..LOL
Jennifer Bielman
Oooh, very, very good. Congrats on that number. so jealous.
Jaclyn Canada
Wow! That’s a ton of Netgalley books for your goal. I’m having such a hard time getting through books at all right now that I haven’t picked up anything new. Good luck!! I hope you had a fantastic Halloween 😀
Jennifer Bielman
It’s good that you aren’t picking up anything new though, so at least you are not getting behind.
emaginette
I’m doing NaNoWriMo so I’ll be watching from the sidelines. You are already a superstar in my eyes, so my fingers are crossed for you. I hope you post a top five of your favorites. Good luck!
Jennifer Bielman
Good idea, I think I will post a top five. Also, good luck on NaNoWriMo!!! I did it last year but couldn’t this year.
Leeanna
I really SHOULD participate in this, because sometimes it’s easy to go crazy when stuff is “Read Now.” But I’m trying to do NaNo this month….argh!
Jennifer Bielman
I know, bad month for writers. I couldn’t do NaNo this year anyways so it worked out for me. Good luck though.
Leeanna
Thanks, you too. So far all of my November writing has been reviews, lol. Guess I should have participated!
Jennifer Bielman
haha, isn’t that how it always goes?
Neyra
Oh this sounds fun! I wish I would have heard of it sooner. As it were I do not have the time, plus being laptop less and trying to do reviews is not the business 🙁 I hope you reach your goal Jennifer (:
Jennifer Bielman
Aww, no laptop?? The horror. hehe. Thanks!
Laura @Bookish Treasures
That’s a lot of books! I’m aiming for a lower 16. Good luck! 🙂
Jennifer Bielman
That is still super good. I only can do this many books because I am doing 7 novellas.